If we want our values and needs represented in government, it is vitally important that we come out in support of the candidates who help us advance our goals at all levels. When you sign up to Vote by Mail, you are helping your Council focus resources more effectively on Election Day, getting those members who haven’t voted yet out to the polls. It also demonstrates the strength of Union Carpenters to affect the outcome of elections by turning out votes early on behalf of candidates who support our values.

New Jersey’s Vote By Mail (VBM) also known as the Absentee Ballot, allows you to submit your ballot through the mail. You have 7 days prior to the election to request a ballot application via mail, or you can request one in person at your County Clerk’s office by 3 p.m. the day before election day.

Note also that voters have an option of indicating on the application for a Mail-In Ballot that theywould prefer to receive a ballot for each election that takes place during the remainder of the calendar year.

Voters also now have an option of automatically receiving a Mail-In Ballot for each General Election. If such voter no longer wants this option, the County Clerk’s office must be notified in writing.

A registered voter may cast their ballot by mail by completing the application for VBM and returning the application to their County Clerk by mail or in person up until 3 p.m. on election day.

The County Clerk cannot accept faxed or emailed copies of an application for Vote By Mail Ballot, unless you are a Military or Overseas Voter, since an original signature is required.

There is no excuse not to vote!

The Commissioners of Registration cannot accept faxed copies or an electronic transmission of a voter registration form since an original signature is required.

The United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiner of America Local Union 254 is New Jersey’s neighborhood union—Nearly 4000 members standing together to improve the lives & livelihoods of workers, families & communities.